Citations:codgy

Adjective: "old in age or mentality; hoary; stodgy"

 * 1975 — James C. Humes, Podium Humor: A Raconteur's Treasury of Witty and Humorous Stories, Harper & Row (1985), ISBN 9780060913038, pages 25-26:
 * It's like an association test a codgy old Church of England dean once gave to a young man who was hoping to win a church-endowed scholarship to Oxford.
 * 1992 — George H. W. Bush, speech in Plymouth, Michigan on 26 September 1992 (transcript from the George Bush Presidential Library and Museum):
 * And he wants to put more with those codgy old subcommittee chairmen in Washington.
 * 1995 — Bob Dole, speech in Los Angeles, California on 31 May 1995 (transcript from The American Presidency Project):
 * My voice and the rising voices of millions of other Americans who share this view represent more than the codgy old attempt of one generation to steal the fun of another.
 * 1998 — Justin Matott, A Harvest of Reflections: Wisdom for the Soul Through the Seasons, Ballantine Books (1998), ISBN 9780345420916, page 45:
 * I imagined encountering a codgy farmer with a long-barreled shotgun — someone I had no desire to confront!
 * 2000 — Sarah Bush Walker, Running Full Circle, iUniverse (2000), ISBN 0595011594, page 105:
 * Two hours later, he found himself pacing outside the little office off the lobby of the terminal, determined to out-wait the codgy old bastard.
 * 2006 — Joseph Laudati, In Darkness It Dwells, Medallion Press (2006), ISBN 9781932815702, pages 461-462:
 * And these weren't codgy old farmers or doped-up school kids.
 * 2010 — Anthony Plew, Fidelity Fidelity Fidelity, AuthorHouse (2010), ISBN 9781452092416, pages 273-274:
 * "Why, Mr. Sickert, you codgy old bastard! You'd like that, wouldn't you?
 * 2011 — Charles Solbrig, LaserSTAR: The Space Defense Chronicles, AuthorHouse (2011), ISBN 9781452088969, page 460:
 * Every time John thought about how his wife had survived because their house had withstood the flood so much better than his neighbors, he gave thanks to the builder — a codgy old man they'd gotten very mad at at the time.